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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 13?

2. In which state did Jefferson live?

3. What two stones does the author say the rock was a cross between?

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?

5. What is the main town of Merseyside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the British make salt?

2. How did the people of Parma make their ham?

3. How is Roquefort cheese made?

4. What was Garum?

5. Why did pilgrims in New England rely so heavily on salt?

6. How did the Basques discover cod?

7. How did Christopher Columbus cause the decline of Venice?

8. How did the Chinese make salt in 800 BC.

9. How did the Ventian government maximize their profits from the salt trade?

10. In what way can American history be described as a constant struggle over salt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the construction of Kurlansky's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Kurlansky's argument?

Essay Topic 2

What part did salt play in the following conflicts?

1. The American Revolution.

2. The French Revolution.

3. The American Civil War.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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